I feel like I should note that, for many of us, there are local fundraisers for St. Jude's, to which we contribute. There is also a yearly fundraiser for the neonatal facility at one of our local hospitals where I and my babies were born. We contribute to that too. So it's not as though we don't care.
Chief, I don't know about you but a week does not go by without somebody contacting me about donating, or sponsoring and fundraising for some cause. It gets to be too much at times.
I did read your post and was touched. I give monthly to St. Jude's and have for years. Glad you support them as well in a very personal way.